Given the weak formalization and insufficient information support in the early stages of data processing tools development in information and communication technologies, the use of intellectualization mechanisms and the creativity of the researcher is highly relevant. Mathematical models, decision support systems are actively used to introduce intellectualization into the process of modeling development prospects itself through the use of fuzzy set models, fuzzy logic, opportunity theory and other disciplines focused on unlocking the intellectual, creative potential of the developer. With this in mind, the paper aims to develop a decision support system scheme to evaluate the development of data processing tools in information and communication technologies by activating the researcher’s intellectual capabilities through the use of his fuzzy reasoning, fuzzy structural modeling of development motives, visualization and schematization of the successive development of data processing tools. In the process of developing such a decision support scheme, a procedure for calculating the coefficient reflecting the ability of the considered variant of the appearance of data processing tools to further improvement was obtained. A system of membership functions is proposed, which is used to determine the influence of development motives on the qualitative characteristics of the ability of prospective data processing tools to further improvement. Specific examples are given to illustrate the developed methodological apparatus, in which the spacecraft of the Earth remote sensing system is selected as a data processing tool.